It took Pamela Adlon several years to get her FX comedy "Better Things" off the ground, partly because she was busy acting on such shows as "Louie" and "Californication," partly because she was raising three daughters as a single mom and partly because it took her awhile to understand that she needed to dig deep and tell her own story. (Binge-watching "Breaking Bad" didn't help, either.)

'Alice Isn't Dead' is taking on new lives: Harper Perennial and Universal Cable Productions told The Associated Press on Wednesday that a novel and television program are planned for the popular podcast about a truck driver searching for her missing wife.